title: Mating of rats.
abstract: For the production of transgenic rats, matings are carried out under controlled conditions in order to obtain a supply of one-cell fertilized eggs, and to obtain pseudopregnancy in females, which will act as surrogate mothers for the microinjected eggs.
authors.affiliation: Neuropeptide Laboratory, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National University of Singapore, Republic of Singapore.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Phang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011555:Pseudopregnancy / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D055647:Rats, Transgenic; D014626:Vaginal Smears; D015053:Zygote / Q000378:metabolism